Jonathan Murray Chu (born November 2, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, one of the first films by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent in a modern setting since The Joy Luck Club in 1993, and of the film adaptation of the stage musical Wicked, consisting of Wicked (2024) and Wicked: Part Two (2025). The films that he has directed often include musical elements, including the dance films Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) and Step Up 3D (2010), the musicals Jem and the Holograms (2015) and In the Heights (2021), and the live concert films Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) and Justin Bieber's Believe (2013). Chu is an alumnus of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon M. Chu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
A Night at the Academy Museum
(Self)
Justin Bieber's Believe
(Self)
Freaked
(Giant Stuey Monster)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
(Self)
Justin Bieber: The New Me
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
(Self)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
(Self)
YouTube Live
(Himself)
Wicked: On Set with Jon Chu
(Himself)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
(Self)
One Perfect Shot
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
The Miley and Mandy Show
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
(Self)
Step Up 2: The Streets
(Director)
Play-Doh
(Director)
Play-Doh
(Producer)
Step Up 3D
(Director)
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
(Director)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
(Director)
Step Up Revolution
(Executive Producer)
Wicked: For Good
(Director)
Justin Bieber's Believe
(Director)
Jem and the Holograms
(Director)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(Executive Producer)
Now You See Me 2
(Director)
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
(Director)
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
(Director)
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
(Executive Producer)
The Goxfather
(Producer)
The Goxfather
(Director)
Jem and the Holograms
(Producer)
Dance Camp
(Producer)
Crazy Rich Asians
(Director)
In the Heights
(Director)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(Director)
China Rich Girlfriend
(Director)
The Woman in Me
(Director)
Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho
(Director)
Rich People Problems
(Director)
Permanent Record
(Producer)
Permanent Record
(Director)
Silent Beats
(Director)
The Great Chinese Art Heist
(Director)
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
(Thanks)
Wicked
(Director)
Good Trouble
(Director)
Home Before Dark
(Executive Producer)
Thai Cave Rescue
(Executive Producer)
The Company You Keep
(Producer)
The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers
(Creator)